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CVE-2017-6009

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-6009 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in icoutils 0.31.1, specifically within the "decode_ne_resource_id" function of "restable.c" due to an unchecked memcpy length, impacting wrestool. This vulnerability affects products from Debian, icoutils_project, and Red Hat. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (MEDIUM), it requires local access and user interaction, leading to a high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.31.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:icoutils_project:icoutils:0.31.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.53%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
72.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0153 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 5,757 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: icoutils-0:0.31.3-1.el7_3
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-6009Important

icoutils: Buffer overflow in the decode_ne_resource_id function

Feb 3, 2017

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017-0837.html
Third Party Advisory
bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingMailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201801-12
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3807
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/96292
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry